Blackboard today introduced Blackboard Ally for Web, a solution for assessing and improving the accessibility of institutions' websites. The tool expands on Blackboard's Ally product (launched last ...

Microsoft Word documents can be made accessible with proper headings, built-in numbered or bulleted lists, descriptive links, adding alternative text to images and adding headings to tables. This will ...

This will help provide a consistent layout and make the document easier for users of assistive technologies to navigate. Note: your instructions will vary depending on which version of Office you have ...

IBM has rolled out an update to its open source web Accessibility Checker tool to make it easier to find and fix accessibility issues. The upgrade is designed to coincide with Global Accessibility ...

To check the accessibility of your web content, you should contact your Web Accessibility Liaison to request a report for the web pages you are interested in. Web Accessibility Liaisons are ...

The WebCampus rich text editor used for course pages, assignments, quizzes, discussions, etc. has a built-in accessibility checker. This checker is automated to alert you to potential accessibility ...

I’ve written here on the blog about ADA compliance, also known as 508 compliance, or more broadly, as web accessibility. My daughter is blind, and because of that, her online experience often suffers ...

Content editors play an important role in ensuring RIT’s online content is accessible. According to the Web Accessibility Initiative, web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are ...